THE DIGITAL ECONOMY HAS CLEARLY ARRIVED. And while digital technologies offer businesses a new set of opportunities to create value, the digitization of the business world is pushing traditional IT to its limit.
Over the years, growth in transactional databases and other data sources, as well as their associated systems, have complicated enterprise applications and infrastructure. As we see in this report, IT complexity delays the delivery of new technology capabilities, raises capital and operational costs, and makes it harder for IT to help the business.However, technology can be a liberating force that helps companies reinvent themselves.
SAP S/4 HANA is the next-generation business suite designed to run simple in the digital economy. It was designed to break the limitations of the past by simplifying IT with massive simplification and innovation. It is built on the most advanced in-memory platform today, SAP HANA, and offers a personalized user experience with SAP Fiori. Deployable in the cloud or on-premises, SAP S/4HANA is built to drive instant value across lines of business and industries.
Reimagined business models. Simplicity to connect to people, devices and business networks in real time to unlock the potential of the digital economy and deliver new experiences and value to customers. The Internet of Things and big data become accessible to any business – no more complex business collaboration and interactions.
Reimagined business decisions. Simplicity to get any insight on any data from anywhere in real time. Planning, execution, prediction and simulation are now all done on the fly at the highest level of granularity, to drive faster. business impact – no more complex data consolidation through spreadsheets
Reimagined business processes. Simplicity to focus on the essential tasks in real time and gain flexibility and agility to change business processes as needed for new efficiencies.
Reimagined data model. Simplicity to reduce data footprint and work with larger data sets in one system to save costs (hardware and operational) and time – no more indices, aggregates, data redundancies and discrepancies between systems.
Reimagined user experience. Simplicity to get the job done across lines of business with a personalized, responsive and easy user experience available on any device – no more complex and different UIs.
Reimagined deployment. SAP S/4HANA can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud or in a hybrid model, providing full choice of deployment and faster time to value. Now is the time for IT to spend less time managing complexity and more time leading the enterprise digital transformation. SAP S/4HANA represents the digital business foundation of the 21st century to help drive this transformation across industries, business functions and roles with the ultimate sophistication: simplicity.